The Miami basketball program is taking a quadrennial overseas trip to Italy from August 9-18. College basketball teams are allowed to take overseas trips once every four years. Sophomore Deng Gak and transfers Keith Stone from Florida and Nysier Brooks from Cincinnati are not expected to play in Italy.
Gak and Stone are recovering from knee injuries that sidelined them for significant portions of last season. Miami head coach Jim Larranaga, guards, senior D.J. Vasiljevic and junior Chris Lykes spoke to reporters on Wednesday ahead of the trip. Larranaga discussed the health of the team as part of a broader discussion.